Corn-planter



UNITED STATES PATENT- OFFICE.

' JAMES KLEIHAUER, JR, OF ELK CREEK, NEBRASKA.

CORN-PLANTER.

SPECIFICATION forming part of Letters Patent No. 450,026, dated April '7, 1891.

Application filed October 16,1890. Serial No. 368,295. (No model.)

To .aZl whom it may concern:

Be it known that 1, JAMES KLEIHAUER, Jr., of Elk Creek, in the county of Johnson and State of Nebraska, have invented a new and useful Improvement in Oorn-Planters, of which the following is a full, clear, and exact description.

My invention relates to an improvement in corn-planters; and the object of the inven tion is to providealight-draft planter capable of checking without the use of a check-line, and also to provide a marker in connection with the planter which may be conveniently and expeditiously shifted for use at either side of the machine. I

A further object of the invention is to so construct the implement that it may be durably and economically built, and wherein the implement will be of exceedingly light weight and readily and conveniently handled.

The invention consists in the novel construction and combination of the several parts, as will be hereinafter fully set forth, and pointed out in the claims.

Reference is to be had to the accompanying drawings, forming apart of this specification, in which similar figures and letters of reference indicate corresponding parts in all the views.

Figure 1 isa plan View of the machine. Fig. 2 is a section on line 00 a: of Fig. 1. Fig. 3 is a side elevation of. the chain actuating the drop mechanism, and Fig. 4 is a detail view of the marker.

The axle 10 of the machine, near each end, has formed thereon a collarll, the outer face of which collar is toothed to form a clutchsection, and the drive-Wheels 12 are journaled upon the axle outside of the collars, theinner surface of the hub of each drive-wheel being also provided with a clutch-section adapted to interlock with that upon the adjacent collar, as is best shown in Fig. 1. The hubs of the drive-wheels are held in engagement with the collars 11 by means of springs 13, which springs are coiled around the axle, being secured thereto at one end and having a bearing at their other ends against the outer faces of the hubs. The clutch-sections of the collars and wheel-hubs are so formed that when the machine is drawn forward the wheels will force the axle to revolve; but when the implement is pushed rearward the revolution ofthe wheels will have no effect upon the axle.

Upon each outer extremity of the axle a check-marker A is firmly secured, each of which markers consists, preferably, of three arms 14, which arms extend outward in different directions from the axle, the outer ends of the arms having shoes 15 formed thereon. The axle at one side of the center has a ratchet-wheel16 rigidly attached thereto, and a lever 17 is loosely mounted at one end upon the axle at one side of the ratchet-wheel, which lever is bent to form a shoulder, the said shoulder being adapted to enter the spaces between the teeth of the ratchet-wheel, which teeth are straight, as best illustrated in Fig. 2. By means of the lever 17 engaging with the ratchet-wheel16 the axle may be readily turned Without interfering with the drive-wheels, which result is effected by carrying the lever downward in the direction of the front of the machine. The object of thus turning the axle is to cause the markers to properly check should they be thrown out by the wheels riding over an'obstruction in their path. The lever 17 is within convenient reach of the driver.

In front of'the axle 10, parallel therewith, a beam 18 is located, which beam is connected with the axle near each of its ends by means of bars 19, the said bars being pivotally connected with the beam 18 at one extremity and pivotally connected with the axle at their opposite extremities.

The standards 20 of the drivers seat are held to slide upon the bars 19 through the medium of attached sleeves 21, which sleeves are secured to the bars by means of set-screws or their equivalent. Thus the drivers seat may be carried in the directionof the front of the machine or as far as desired in the direction of the rear, so as to bring the burden of the weight of the driver immediately over the axle.

Upon the extremities of the beam 18 the seed-boxes 22 are secured, the said boxes being preferably contracted at their center, so as to cause the seed to pack downward in the direction of the slide to be hereinafter described. Each seed-box is connected with a downwardly-extending chute or shoe 23, and

and a marker provided with a head at one end and with an eye at its other end, through which eye the said yoke passes, substantially as herein shown and described. 7

4, In a machine of the character described, the combination, with the axle thereof, springpressed drive-wheels having a clutch-connection with the axle, markers secured to the extremities of the axle, a ratchet-wheel secured to the axle, and alever loosely mounted upon the axle and adapted for engagement with the ratchet-wheel, of a frame hinged to the axle, a drop slide carried by the said frame, a lever pivoted to the frame, connected with the drop-slide and provided with a series of apertures, an endless chain belt passing through the apertures of the lever, one of its links being enlarged, an elevating 'and depressing lever connected with the frame, and a driving mechanism connecting the chain belt with the axle, as and for the purpose specified. 7

5. In amachine of the character described, the combination, with the axle, of a frame carrying thedrop-slide and boxes and having a hingedconnection with the axle, a drivers seat adjustable upon the hinged connection of the frame and axle, a rack connected with the drivers seat, and a lever connected with the frame, adapted to engage the rack, substantially as shown and described, whereby the frame may be raised and lowered and the drivers seat may be shifted in the direction of the front or of the rear of the implement, as desired.

JAMES KLEIHAUER, JR.

Witnesses:

WM. DANKENBRING, THOMAS DREDGE.

(No Model.)

J. KLEIHAUER, Jr.

CORN PLANTER.

Patented Apr. 7,1891.

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